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Added 2 October 2026

array

/əˈɹeɪ/ noun

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about array at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Clothing and ornamentation; raiment.
A collection laid out to be viewed in full.
An orderly series, arrangement or sequence.

verb

To clothe and ornament; to adorn or attire.
He was arrayed in his finest robes and jewels.
To lay out in an orderly arrangement; to deploy or marshal.
To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them one at a time.

Origin

From Middle English arrayen, from Anglo-Norman arraier (compare Old French arraier, areer (“to put in order”)), from Vulgar Latin *arrēdō (“to put in order, arrange, array”), from *rēdum (“preparation, order”), from Frankish *raid or *raidā (“preparation, order”) or Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃 (garaiþs, “ready, prepared”), from Proto-Germanic *raidaz, *raidiz (“ready”). Compare Old English rād (“condition, stipulation”), Old High German antreitī (“order, rank”). Doublet of ready.

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